Beelzebub | |
Cover of the first volume of the Beelzebub manga series featuring the three primary characters, Tatsumi Oga, Beelzebub, and Hildegarde.
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べるぜバブ (Beruzebabu) |
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Genre | Action, Comedy, Slice of life, Martial arts, Supernatural |
Manga | |
Beelzebub (pilot chapter) | |
Written by | Ryūhei Tamura |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Published | August 11, 2008 |
Manga | |
Written by | Ryūhei Tamura |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine |
Weekly Shōnen Jump (February 23, 2009–February 24, 2014) Shōnen Jump Next!! (May 7, 2014–March 13, 2015) |
Original run | February 23, 2009 – March 13, 2015 |
Volumes | 28 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Nobuhiro Takamoto |
Studio | Pierrot+ |
Released | October 23, 2010 |
Runtime | 34 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Nobuhiro Takamoto |
Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
Studio | Pierrot+ |
Original network | NNS (ytv) |
English network | |
Original run | January 9, 2011 – March 25, 2012 |
Episodes | 60 |
Beelzebub (Japanese: べるぜバブ Hepburn: Beruzebabu?) is a Japanese manga series about a first year student at a school for juvenile delinquents, written and illustrated by Ryūhei Tamura. Beelzebub was first published in 2008 as a one-shot by Tamura in issue 37-38 of Weekly Shōnen Jump, subsequently winning the fourth Gold Future Cup. The manga was then serialized in the same magazine, from its 13th issue in 2009 to its 13th issue in 2014, then in Shōnen Jump Next!! as Beelzebub Another (べるぜバブ 番外編 Beruzebabu Bangai Hen?), from its 2nd issue in 2014 to its 1st issue in 2015.
The Pierrot+ studio produced an OVA of Beelzebub, which was broadcast during the Jump Super Anime Tour in October 2010. This was followed by an anime TV series which aired in Japan between January 9, 2011 and March 25, 2012.
The story follows Tatsumi Oga. He is a first year student at a school for juvenile delinquents called Ishiyama High. The story starts with Oga telling his best friend, Takayuki Furuichi, the strange story of how he found a baby. One day while doing 'laundry' by the river, he saw a man floating downstream. Oga pulled him to shore but the man split in half, revealing a baby boy inside. This baby turned out to be the son of the great demon king, and Oga has been chosen as the one to raise him, along with the baby's maid, Hilda. The manga follows Oga's life as he tries to raise the child while enrolled at Ishiyama High.